The Light I Buried for You Was My Biggest Mistake Chapter 07

The Light I Buried for You Was My Biggest Mistake Chapter 07

Derek lunged at her again, landing two more. vicious slaps. Sophie’s nose bled, and she 

screamed. 

“You destroyed me!” he yelled, grabbing her throat. 

Her face turned from red to purple as she clawed 

at his hands, her nails breaking. 

“Derek… I can’t breathe…” 

I watched them, the man who had knelt and 

crawled, now strangling the woman who had lied. 

Two animals tearing each other apart. 

Ethan stood beside me. “Do you want me to stop 

this?” 

I didn’t answer. 

Suddenly, Derek let go, collapsing onto his back, 

gasping. Sophie curled up, coughing violently. 

He looked at me, his eyes teary and wild. “Lauren, 

look! I hit her! I stood up for you!” 

He crawled toward me again. “It was her. She lied. 

She manipulated me. It’s all her fault.” 

He grabbed my ankle, pressing his face against 

my leg. “I made it right. Forgive me. Just please, 

don’t destroy Foster Holdings.” 

I looked down at him. 

This man. I’d loved him for six years. I gave up. 

Shadow Unit. I gave up everything. 

I built him a kingdom and let him think he was a 

king. 

I thought he would protect me, value me. 

Instead, he humiliated me for another woman. 

And now he was blaming her, begging for 

forgiveness. 

Not because he was sorry. Because he found out 

he couldn’t afford to hurt me. 

“Derek.” My voice was quiet. 

He looked up, hope flooding his face. 

“You make me sick.” 

I stepped back. He opened his mouth. 

I turned away. “Let’s go, Ethan.” 

Ethan nodded and helped me toward the 

helicopter. 

Behind us, Derek’s voice rose, sharp and 

desperate. “Lauren! Lauren, wait! What about my 

company? Come back!” 

Then his voice cut off. 

I glanced back. Sophie had gotten up and 

wrapped her arm around Derek’s neck from 

behind. 

“You hit me? You dared to hit me?” Her voice was 

a shriek. “You promised to marry me! You said you 

hated her! And now that you know she has money, 

you want to dump me?” 

Derek choked, clawing at the air. The two 

bodyguards rushed over and tried to pull Sophie 

off him. 

But she refused to let go, her fingernails digging 

deep into Derek’s flesh. 

Blood trickled down his neck. 

Watching this, I almost found it funny. 

This was what I had spent six years fighting for.